Ibn Aqeel’s feet took him to quarters of banu Jiblah who belonged to the tribe of Kindah. He stood at the door of a house of a freed bondmaid named Taw’a who had a number of sons. She use to be bondmaid of a Al Sh’ath ibn Qays who freed her Aseed Al- hadrami married her, and she gave birth to his son Bilal who was in the crowd when his mother was standing at the door waiting for him. Muslim requested her to give him some water. Which she did. He then requested her to host him, telling her that he was a stranger in that land with out a family or tribe, and that he belonged to a family capable of enter intercession on the day of judgment, and that his name was Muslim ibn Aqeel. She took him to a room, which was not the same one where her son used to sleep, and she served him some food. Her son was surprised to see her entering that room quite often, so he asked her about it. She refused to answer his question accept after obtaining an oath from him to keep the mater to him self.

But in the morning he informed ibn Ziyad of where Muslim had been hiding. Ibn Ziyad dispatched al ash’ath accompanied by 70 men who belong to the Qays tribe in order to arrest him. Upon hearing the horse hoofs to ploughing the ground, muslin realized that he was been pressured, so he hurried to finish a supplication, which he was reciting following the morning prayers. Then he put on his battle gear and said to his hostess taw’a; you have carried out your share righteousness, and you have secured your share of the intercession of the messenger of Allah. Yesterday, I saw my uncle the commander of the faithful in a vision telling me that I was going to join him next day. He came out face them raising his sword as they assaulted the house, succeeding in replying their attack. They repeated there attack and again he replied them, killing as many as 41 of their men, and he was so strong that he would take hold of one man then hurl him on the roof top. 

Ibn al ash’ath sent a messenger to Ibn Ziyad requesting additional enforcements. The messenger came back to him carrying the latter’s blame of his incompetence. He, therefore, sent him this message: “do you think that you sent me to one of Kufa ‘s shopkeepers, or to a Nabatean from Heera? Rather, you sent me to one of the swords of  (prophet) Muhammad!” Ibn Ziyad then assisted him with additional soldiers.